Students and Mentors met for the first time. The “Ice Breaker” activity, consisted of Mentors picking a card that had names of buildings on them and Students had cards with pictures of the buildings. Students had to find the mentor with the name of their building. Once paired, Mentors and students talked to learn about […]
The site visit is always a mentor and student favorite. At this week’s meeting, we met at Power’s site office in Streeterville before heading out to see two of their sites on Northwestern’s downtown campus. We started out learning about the projects. The first was the new Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC) building. It’s a
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Career Fair, How, Where, What… “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” -Eleanor Roosevelt What: Career Path Presentations + Discussion Activities Where: Sargent & Lundy, 55 East Monroe Street, Floor 35 When: Thursday, November 10, 5:00 – 7:00 pm Why: This week was all about discussing options for a career path
This Tuesday, students and mentors got their first chance to look at their site in person! We met at ARUP office where Mentor Nic Hnastchenko introduced them to Site Analysis and learn about many of the different elements that will be affecting their designs. From loud trains, to sun light, students and mentors had a
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Our students met at Clune’s office and they finally got their first chance to start developing their ideas on paper! We introduced them to Bubble Diagrams and Parti Diagrams. But first, Mentors introduced them to their building program near Clark Street and State Street. A small parcel between the Witt Hotel and Harold Washington College.
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December 14, 2015: Meeting Five: AECOM Introduction and Bridge Construction Activity Today students and mentors met at AECOM to learn about the cool architecture, engineering, and construction projects AECOM works on around the world. The students competed in a bridge construction competition, where they were given a schedule and a budget to construct a bridge.
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November 19, 2015: Meeting Three: Architecture Introduction & Tower Building Competition at Gensler! Team 6 met at Gensler’s office for our third meeting. Students and Mentors learned about architecture and some of the amazing projects Gensler has been involved with around the world. Students were also introduced to their project site and the CIRT design
November 12, 2015: Engineering Intro & Scavenger Hunt at HNTB Tonight’s meeting was held at HNTB’s office, where we first had a delicious Italian Beef dinner! Then, the craziness broke loose! Students and Mentors went around the loop on a scavenger hunt to take group photos in front of a list of important Chicago landmarks
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November 5, 2015: ACE Student Orientation at Jones College Prep! Students met with everyone for the first time this year! We are all pumped up for the upcoming year! Tons of fun to be had while learning and building friendships! After all the formal business was taken care of, we played an ice-breaking game where
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This week we started by finishing up the intro to disciplines. We saved the best for last – the engineers! 🙂 Staff from CE Anderson and Jacobs teamed up to give a presentation on several different civil engineering topics, including building structures and transportation engineering. To cap things off, the group watched a time lapse
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